Income share held by the richest 10% in Canada

The richest 10% of people in Canada received 24.6% of total income or consumption in 2022.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1971 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2022 24.6% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2021 +0.1percentage points 2021: 24.5%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 25.1% Middle value of 30 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Canada over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2001 to 2022
Period Canada
2022 24.6%
2021 24.5%
2020 23.8%
2019 24.4%
2018 24.8%
2017 25.3%
2016 25.0%
2015 25.5%
2014 25.2%
2013 25.1%
2012 25.2%
2011 25.0%
2010 25.8%
2009 25.9%
2008 26.0%
2007 26.0%
2006 26.1%
2005 25.6%
2004 25.6%
2003 25.8%
2002 25.5%
2001 25.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 24.5% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 25.2%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2022 for Canada
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform